This article provides an overview of the economic impacts of COVID-19 on the Sri Lankan economy and explores potential measures that could be taken in the short and medium to long run.
Recent attempts to measure poverty have shown that it is much higher than estimates solely considering income. From 2008-2018, 23% of people in developing countries were multidimensionally poor.
On March 21st, 2020, the Salvadorian Ministry of Health declared a total restriction on the freedom to circulate and assembly, with a few exceptions.
Bolivia is at risk of being left behind due to a severe lack of data on educational achievements in the past two decades.
What does the future of African agriculture look like? Will it be able to meet the demand of a population whose preferences are changing profoundly?
This study examines the dimensions and drivers of exclusion from primary education in Nigeria using the Demographic Health Surveys [...]
Increasingly, women are playing significant roles in terrorist organizations globally and across Africa.
There are challenges Latin America must address. The new generation of long-living old-adults need to finance their livelihood, and in the absence of good pensions, they are taking precarious jobs that hinder their wellbeing.
It is not entirely clear if WAHO has been at the frontline of managing decision-making and coordination regarding the prevention of the coronavirus across the ECOWAS region.
At Southern Voice, we have been discussing internally ways in which we can engage our network to get a broad range of insights on the crisis from across the Global South.